'100 6th Street' apartment tower to break ground in January
The city’s economic development arm, Invest Atlanta, announced late this week the approval of tax abatements worth about $3 million for the $63 million mixed-use project that is expected to be completed by late 2013.
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The Novare Group and the Batson-Cook Development Company have made it official in stating they will begin next month to build a 23-story 320-unit luxury apartment tower in Midtown known as 100 6th Street.
The $63 million mixed-use project will stand behind the existing 36-story Viewpoint condo tower and five percent of its units will be offered as affordable housing.
The city’s economic development arm, Invest Atlanta, announced late this week the approval of tax abatements worth about $3 million for the project that is expected to be completed by late 2013.
Novare President Jim Borders said he hopes the affordable component of the apartment tower would be enticing to police officers, firefighters, and educators.
Invest Atlanta’s Brian McGowan told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that 100 6th Street is “a great public-private partnership supporting job creation, providing affordable housing and bringing incremental property tax revenue to the city.”
Not far away, Novare and Batson-Cook have almost completed SkyHouse Midtown after breaking ground on the mixed-use project in January of this year.
The 23-story 320-unit apartment building at the corner of West Peachtree and 12th streets will feature studio, 1 and 2 bedroom apartment homes topped by an amenity deck 230 feet above street level.
And not far away, Daniel Corporation and Selig Enterprises are in the process of delivering 77 12th, a 22-story, 330-unit apartment tower. It’s Phase III of the 12th and Midtown development.
Fed up
12:05 pm on Saturday, December 22, 2012
5% affordable housing? Really..that enticing for potential tenants..If they can promise it will be for firefighters, educators etc that would be great, but they can't. I am a homeowner in Midtown close to this new development and I really don't want "affordable" housing near my home because I am already underwater and I don't need anything else compounding the problem..thanks Atlanta..always thinking of yourselves and not the current people who make up Midtown. Midtown used to be undeseriable and guess they want to take it back there..
Chris H
12:48 pm on Saturday, December 22, 2012
I lived next to an "affordable housing" family before. Blasting rap music at 4 am. People yelling, coming amd going at all hours. Trash every where. It was awesome!
Dookie Doo
1:09 pm on Saturday, December 22, 2012
Oh please..... Midtown has always been ghetto. They just built cheap condos, sold them at ridiculous prices but it's still a ghetto. Kind of like putting lipstick on a pig. How you got suckered into buying in midtown is anybody's guess.
JM Hurricane
2:05 pm on Saturday, December 22, 2012
Ghetto? I don't know where you've been but my development, rocks. Gated, spotless and it's all middle to upper middle class. AND the quality of women! You could hold a Miss America pagent out of my complex alone. Nevermind the grad students from Emory and Tech. I forgot losers get accepted to the Emory School of Medicine. Yes, I'm down 25k on my unit but that's my weekly bar tab at Taco Mac so who cares. Ghetto, far from it. Whatever!
CL
2:16 pm on Saturday, December 22, 2012
Novare will do what they did last time - build "apartments" (like one of the Metropolis towers was suppose to be) - for tax breaks then make them condo. And like last time and the time before that and the time before that....... build an ugly building with no character.
Dan Armstrong
10:10 am on Monday, December 24, 2012
Metropolis is not ugly, has tons of character and is the most well run condo building in Midtown.
Jody
2:09 pm on Tuesday, December 25, 2012
You're joking right? Metropolis may not be crystal-blue glass but it's far from ugly and has more character than any other building in Midtown.
Dookie Doo
5:56 pm on Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Actually, Metropolis looks just like any other Novare development. It's just slightly shorter in height. That doesn't say much about it's character when it's duplicated elsewhere in the city. Now 1010 Midtown has character. It's got a nice curved shape to it. It doesn't look cookie cutter like the other stuff on Peachtree. And from what I've seen, it's got higher quality drywall so you don't hear your neighbors fart. ;)
Jody
6:36 pm on Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Dookie - Apparently our definitions of character are slightly different. However, if all you care about is looks, then 1010 is the building for you.
Dookie Doo
5:55 pm on Saturday, December 22, 2012
@JM Hurricane.....It's not a ghetto? How about the homeless people hanging out in front of CVS at Peachtree and 6th? I have a friend who lives in Viewpoint. He can hear his neighbors taking a crap in their bathrooms through the paper thin walls. Yeah, that's really "upscale". In my neighborhood, GA Tech and Emory grads wouldn't be able to afford to live because they're still paying for their overpriced educations since those schools don't hold the prestige of Columbia, Yale or even MIT. So go ahead and spend 25K at some cheap chain restaurant like Taco Mac. You can drop all your cash there and then go outside to walk amongst the Tyrell's and Shaniqua's with they pants hanging half way down their a$$es. Meanwhile, I'll live my house that is not underwater because I knew not to buy at the top of the bubble. Only an Emory grad would do such a silly thing.
Jody
2:11 pm on Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Do you have something to add to this conversation?
Michael
8:13 am on Sunday, December 30, 2012
Hey Dook,
I know Tyrell and Shaniqua. What did Tyrell and Shaniqua do to you?
You obviously have some racist notion that caused you to refer to predominately black names while mentioning pants hanging down. BTW note that Tyrell said he can't get a gun license cause he has a record. It seems one of your white friends took care of that though.
Dookie Doo
9:39 pm on Sunday, December 30, 2012
I was referring to the types of people who hang out by metropolis and all the other novare developments. We all know it's true. What did they do to me? Nothing. But they're bringing down your property values. Lol. And they don't need gun licenses. They broke the law once. They'll have no problems with carrying a gun illegally. But it's ok because I have one to carry as well on the rare occasion that I visit your hood.
Tim
10:45 am on Sunday, December 23, 2012
Anyone iinterested in an adult conversation on this subject?
hilton joseph
2:29 pm on Sunday, December 23, 2012
Hunt,
I hope you realize that I was serious about the mentality and other aspects of your contributors of late. Tim is right ... How about some real conversation and real substance.
Michael
8:21 am on Sunday, December 30, 2012
hilton,
You must step and look at the forest. You're too busy staring at trees. When Atlanta is compared to other major cities it is a bargain in many ways. You think crime is bad here? Obviously you haven't been many places. In 20 years Peachtree Rd will be similar to Park Av in NY. Average lease for an apartment near Central Park is around $3000-6000 per month. I am bullish on Atlanta; aka the new Hollywood.
Dookie Doo
7:07 am on Monday, December 31, 2012
LOL. Peachtree will never even come close to Park Av. Atlanta is just another red neck town that wants to be a big city as far as NY'ers are concerned. You're too funny.
Hunt Archbold
3:04 pm on Sunday, December 23, 2012
Hilton, I responded promptly to your previous post when you wrote that I “seem to feed on this racism,” which is 100 percent untrue. So by doing such, I felt it was understood that I took you serious, as I do all who direct questions to me. Your response to me was in part that you "just wish some of your readers and contributors were positive and more considerate." Believe me, I do, too. But outside of monitoring comments and deleting those that violate the terms of use (which I do a lot of), I can't control how the residents and visitors to the area feel about what they see and experience in their surroundings. If you have further concerns, please call me at 678-620-7320 during normal business hours and I will be happy to discuss. Thanks.
hilton joseph
9:04 am on Monday, December 24, 2012
Hunt,
My last comment was just that a comment, and an observation. It was not meant to critique you ,or your editing responsibilities. I was just pointing out that I have observed this behavior . You did indeed respond properly and promptly and I stand corrected . I appreciate all you do.
hilton joseph
10:26 pm on Sunday, December 30, 2012
Micheal,
I do not know you , but I do not understand why you think I have any notion that crime is not any worse in other places. By the way I have traveled the world ,not just the United states (seen all the states but Alaska so far ) . I have seen violent crime take place in Italy, France, Greece ,Kenya ,and from Salt Lake to MIami in the US. I also am not ignorant when it comes to property values, but I know if you can find an apt on Central Park for 3k , rent it . Why do you think I am not bullish on Atlanta? I am for Atlanta and its survival. My concerns are with the racist attitudes of some of the commentary form contributors here .
Michael
6:59 am on Tuesday, January 1, 2013
I apologize for that assumption. It was based on the general gist of the entire conversation.
Ok. I agree that some of the contributors here are spewing racist comments. But I disagree that there should be any restriction or reprimands on freedom of speech. Freedom is why black men need to remain vigilant regardless of present day achievements. There's a thin line between love and hate.
hilton joseph
10:31 pm on Sunday, December 30, 2012
Micheal,
I forgot : I AM PROUD TO BE A BLACK MAN , PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN .
Brett
8:40 am on Monday, December 31, 2012
So this is going where the old Loca Luna building is?
Dan Armstrong
9:45 am on Monday, December 31, 2012
Hey Dookie Do? where do you live? wherever it is, stay there.
Hunt Archbold
10:43 am on Monday, December 31, 2012
That is correct, Brett.
JimA thompson
12:26 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013
I was just checking in to get a update on Novare's 100 6th street project and again stunned at all the little bigot's who really believe that the sensibility to want to live, walk the streets of and help shape a dynamic urban space only rests with them, gracing us with their presence!...
It is a shame that between Metropolis and 905 P' tree were going to be stuck with this uninspired ugliness, similar mid-rise projects would of been better than this, and oh the two projects mentioned, there affordable.
Britt Shiver
6:29 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013
We should all be glad anyone is building anything in Midtown. Construction is a sign of growth, even thought it may be slow. When I moved to Midtown in the early 2000's you couldn't look out your window with out seeing a tower crane. These days you are lucky to see one. There are two currently.
Immovable Media
5:51 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Novare destroys Local Luna as site preparation continues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ght5Z65jaw
Bob T.
10:42 pm on Friday, February 15, 2013
I've read all the above comments about Midtown, and I don't even live there, but it scares the willys out of me taking all that in.
Dookie Doo
9:37 am on Saturday, February 16, 2013
To the people who are not from Atlanta, midtown is their version of a wannabe NYC. To those of us who are native Atlantans, midtown will always be a ghetto filled with hood rats and homeless people mixed in with people who were conned into thinking they were buying into an upper echelon lifestyle. There's a reason why people in the know stay out of midtown. You're better off in Buckhead.